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Changes over time for: Section 116


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Point in time view as at 26/10/2023.
Changes to legislation:
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Online Safety Act 2023, Section 116.

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116Intelligence service informationU.K.
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(1)OFCOM may not disclose information received (directly or indirectly) from, or that relates to, an intelligence service unless the intelligence service consents to the disclosure.
(2)If OFCOM have disclosed information described in subsection (1) to a person, the person must not further disclose the information unless the intelligence service consents to the disclosure.
(3)If OFCOM would contravene subsection (1) by publishing in its entirety—
(a)a statement required to be published by section 47(5), or
(b)a report mentioned in section 164(5),
OFCOM must, before publication, remove or obscure the information which by reason of subsection (1) they must not disclose.
(4)In this section—
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